Publication: Accelerating Progress towards Achieving the MDG to Improve Maternal Health : A Collection of Promising Approaches
Date
2005-04
ISSN
Published
2005-04
Author(s)
Nanda, Geeta
Switlick, Kimberly
Lule, Elizabeth
Abstract
One of the Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) is to improve maternal health, with the target of
reducing maternal mortality by three-quarters between 1990
and 2015. In an effort to accelerate progress towards
achieving this MDG, this paper brings together high-quality
information on a wide range of promising approaches that aim
to improve maternal health outcomes. These global promising
approaches, based on field research and practice by
experienced organizations working in this arena, can serve
as a useful starting point in the process to improve current
maternal health programming. This paper will be useful for
World Bank staff when assisting client countries in
developing their National Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
(PRSPs) and costing health sector plans. Moreover, the paper
provides Bank staff with substantive evidence to share with
governments on how best to prioritize and implement maternal
health programs, and scale up efforts to achieve progress.
Although primarily intended for use by Bank staff, we hope
this guide will also be useful to governments, other
international donor agencies, and nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs), who are interested in improving
maternal health, and minimizing the disparities that
currently exist between industrialized and developing countries.
Citation
“Nanda, Geeta; Switlick, Kimberly; Lule, Elizabeth. 2005. Accelerating Progress towards Achieving the MDG to Improve Maternal Health : A Collection of Promising Approaches. Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP)
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